2025 Portal Season

[TheStringer]

I'd like to see Stas stay, given his height and shooting ability. I really don't think we lose much if Gio leaves.

Yeah definitely not upset about Gio, but I would love for Stas to stay. Not sure the reason for him wanting to leave though either

 

[p8triotfan4life]

you could make a good argument to let them all go. After Haynes leaves, we have nothing but a bunch of role players remaining. BOC is a good start and plays well in stretches, but is he truly a starter?

 

[Dawgs99]

If BOC is on the roster next year and not starting I'd be surprised.

 

[gmujim92]

you could make a good argument to let them all go. After Haynes leaves, we have nothing but a bunch of role players remaining. BOC is a good start and plays well in stretches, but is he truly a starter?

Bold strategy, completely overhauling a team that went 15-3 in the A-10, shared the regular-season title and made the tournment final.

Also, Jalen isn’t gone until he signs somewhere else. He could still decide to run it back.

 

[Jack Strop]

Bold strategy, completely overhauling a team that went 15-3 in the A-10, shared the regular-season title and made the tournment final.

Also, Jalen isn’t gone until he signs somewhere else. He could still decide to run it back.

As would any player who enters the portal. In the new age of the portal, we're likely entering the stage of "Why not test the market?".

 

[jessej]

you could make a good argument to let them all go. After Haynes leaves, we have nothing but a bunch of role players remaining. BOC is a good start and plays well in stretches, but is he truly a starter?

I may be wrong but
1) I thought that any player entering the portal loses their scholarship
2) it is then up to the University to give them a scholarship if they want them back
3) if some cases, i.e. the player was forced out/asked to leave, they will not be coming back

 

[GMU79]

I may be wrong but
1) I thought that any player entering the portal loses their scholarship
2) it is then up to the University to give them a scholarship if they want them back
3) if some cases, i.e. the player was forced out/asked to leave, they will not be coming back

Also, it seems to handcuff the coaches trying to build a roster for the coming season, waiting to see if a 18-22 year old gets a million dollar (or whatever the amount is) offer or not. I say either, A) You enter the portal you're gone, or B) You've got 10 days to decide or we're moving on without you.

 

[jessej]

Portal Math

IMO this is the negative part of the portal. For some players, entering the portal will mean the end of their scholarship and maybe their best shot at getting a college degree for free. The Top 100 players will get picked up by someone and likely get paid. Many of the rest may have to transfer down and about 25% will be without a scholarship when this is all over.

" All of this when we know that from 2021 through 2023, somewhere between only 71% and 76% of D1 transfers ended up back on a Division 1 scholarship somewhere. Even though we know that between only 67% and 70% of players that entered the portal actually transferred anywhere at all within the NCAA structure with between 23% and 27% of transfers leaving the NCAA one way or another.

The most generous reading of this is that of the 1,882 players that entered the portal by the time it closed in May 2024, only 1,317 of them were back on an NCAA roster of any kind when play started in November 2024, and only 1,000 of those guys were actually back on a Division 1 scholarship. "

 

[Old Man]

I'd like to see Stas stay, given his height and shooting ability. I really don't think we lose much if Gio leaves.

I thought foreign students couldn't participate in the NIL? Hadn't that been discussed here before? Or have the rules changed, again, to allow this?

 

[GMU79]

I thought foreign students couldn't participate in the NIL? Hadn't that been discussed here before? Or have the rules changed, again, to allow this?

I have absolutely no idea. But I didn't mention the NIL in my comment.

 

[jessej]

I thought foreign students couldn't participate in the NIL? Hadn't that been discussed here before? Or have the rules changed, again, to allow this?

I believe that was previously correct.
I have no idea what the rules will be with the new revenue sharing deal
2-3 years ago Kansas scheduled a game in the Caribbean so that their star center could collect some cash while outside of the USA.

 

[FlPatriot]

I have absolutely no idea. But I didn't mention the NIL in my comment.

Likely can’t earn income if on a student visa.

 

[JPgmuswim]

I thought foreign students couldn't participate in the NIL? Hadn't that been discussed here before? Or have the rules changed, again, to allow this?

I think that is technically correct but there are loopholes. Baraka Okojie didn’t leave for Memphis for no NIL money.

 

[MasonSAE4]

Bold strategy, completely overhauling a team that went 15-3 in the A-10, shared the regular-season title and made the tournment final.

Also, Jalen isn’t gone until he signs somewhere else. He could still decide to run it back.

We’re overhauling this and every subsequent team from now until the day we die. Best make peace with it.

 

[illayin]

the one-and-done of transfer schools like duke or kentucky is for freshmen. might as well embrace it.

 

[GMU79]

Likely can’t earn income if on a student visa.

I'm really not sure where my comment went off the rails into NIL, but, again, I never mentioned NIL. I just said I would hate to see Stas leave and it doesn't matter to me if Gio does.
Nothing to see here, everyone move along.

 

[tblack33]

Portal Math

IMO this is the negative part of the portal. For some players, entering the portal will mean the end of their scholarship and maybe their best shot at getting a college degree for free. The Top 100 players will get picked up by someone and likely get paid. Many of the rest may have to transfer down and about 25% will be without a scholarship when this is all over.

" All of this when we know that from 2021 through 2023, somewhere between only 71% and 76% of D1 transfers ended up back on a Division 1 scholarship somewhere. Even though we know that between only 67% and 70% of players that entered the portal actually transferred anywhere at all within the NCAA structure with between 23% and 27% of transfers leaving the NCAA one way or another.

The most generous reading of this is that of the 1,882 players that entered the portal by the time it closed in May 2024, only 1,317 of them were back on an NCAA roster of any kind when play started in November 2024, and only 1,000 of those guys were actually back on a Division 1 scholarship. "


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Curious if these numbers include non scholarship players who enter the portal.

 

[FreeGunston12]

Curious if these numbers include non scholarship players who enter the portal.

Also, how do things change now that the extra covid year of eligibility has mostly been exhausted?

 

[GMUgemini]

I think that is technically correct but there are loopholes. Baraka Okojie didn’t leave for Memphis for no NIL money.

They can’t do any work while in the U.S.

I know Okojie staged a Q&A from home during I think Thanksgiving? (Correct me if I’m wrong Brian) to get around that.

I have no idea how revenue sharing will impact foreign players, if at all. Maybe they’ll allow players to come over on a P1-A visa instead of a student one so they can collect money, but that’s Homeland Security. I doubt they’ll care too much about if Gonzaga can pay their starting center from Australia or not.

As for having nearly 30 new players within the last three years, I will make peace with it in one of two ways: figure out how to support the name on the front of the jersey only or just stop caring altogether. Not sure where I will land right now.

But the days of actually caring about who is wearing the jersey are over and there’s just no way I can pay to rent players for a year or care about anything but their performance on the court.

 

[NewPatriot]

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